different between daze vs dize

English

Etymology

Middle English, back-formation from dazed, perhaps ultimately from Old Norse *dasa, dasathr. Compare dasask (“to become weary”), with reflexive suffix -sk, Swedish dasa (“lie idly”), and Icelandic dasask (“to make weary with cold”).

Alternatively from Middle Dutch dasen (“act silly”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /de?z/
• Rhymes: -e?z
• Homophone: days

Noun

daze (plural dazes)

1. The state of being dazed

2. (mining) A glittering stone.

Translations

Verb

daze (third-person singular simple present dazes, present participle dazing, simple past and past participle dazed)

1. (transitive) To stun or stupefy, for example with bright light, with a blow, with cold, or with fear

   Synonyms: confuse, benumb

Translations

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “daze”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

Anagrams

• adze, deza

English

Alternative forms

• dise

Etymology

From Middle English *disen, from Old English *disan, *disian, from *dise (“bunch of flax on a distaff”), from Proto-Germanic *disan? (“distaff”), of unknown origin. Cognate with Middle Dutch disen (“to dress or prepare a distaff with flax for spinning”), Middle Low German dise, disene (“bunch of flax, distaff”).

Verb

dize (third-person singular simple present dizes, present participle dizing, simple past and past participle dized)

1. (transitive) To dress with flax for spinning, as a distaff; dizen.
2. (transitive, Britain dialectal) To put tow on a distaff.

Related terms

• dizen

Anagrams

• Diez, zeid

Portuguese

Verb

dize

1. Second-person singular (tu) affirmative imperative of dizer

Spanish

Verb

dize

1. Archaic spelling of dice.

Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dize]
• Hyphenation: di?ze

Etymology 1

Noun

dize

1. dative singular of diz

See also

• dize gelmek

Etymology 2

Noun

dize (definite accusative dizeyi, plural dizeler)

1. (poetry) line

Synonyms

• m?sra

Declension

West Frisian

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?di?z?/

Noun

dize c (plural dizen)

1. fog

Further reading

• “dize”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011